Body Mechanics

Body mechanics are the way our bodies work and move to create the actions that we do day-to-day, Anything from walking to diving will have specific body mechanics that can be used to mirror character animation off of. Even animation that is exaggerated like Tom and Jerry will still follow body mechanics. A good way to learn body mechanics and to get your animation as close to real life as possible is to have a real life reference of someone doing something like lifting a box and sketching over it frame by frame creating a sketch of the animation which can be easily referred to.